Railway-crossing.



'11. 0. SMITH & M. T. SINCLAIR.

RAILWAY CROSSING.

APPLICATION FILED D20. 9, 1-911.

1,028,622, Patented J u ne4,1912.

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'UNTTED STATES aven er-.1 oorr RICHARD CLARANCE SMITH AND MOSES THOMAS SINCLAIR, OF PLYMOUTH, VVES'L VIRGINIA.

RAILWAY-CROSSING.

Application filed December To oil whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, RICHARD GLARANOE SMITH and Mosns THOMAS SINCLAIR, citi- Zens of the United States, residing at Plymouth, in the county of Putnam and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Crossings, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invent-ion relates to new and useful improvements in railroad crossings, and has for its object to provide a crossing for railroads, adapted to minimize the amount of noise occasioned when a train is passing over the crossing.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pair of similar rails spaced a desired distance apart, and a second pair of similar rails spaced a desired gage apart and adapted to angularly engage the first mentioned pair of rails, so that a train passing over either one of the pairs of rails will not be hampered by the other pair of rails.

Another object of the invention is to provide a crossing of this character which will possess advantages in points of efficiency and durability and is inexpensive of manufacture and at the same time is simple in construction and operation.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction and the combination and ar rangement of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the claim and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of our invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a detail fragmentary perspective view.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 indicates the unbroken main rails and 2 indicates the cross rails running at right angles to the main rails. These cross rails are connected by means of the rail sections 3 disposed between the main rails and arranged in alinement with the rails 2.

The main rails 1 and the cross rails 2 are provided with a beveled face 3 on their outer ends which is adapted to abut against the beveled face of the main track rails 2 which'will overcome any running or creep-' ing of the track at-or near the crossing.

The base flanges 1 of the main rails are provided with the notches 5 adapted to re- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4,1912.

9, 1911. Serial No. 664,850.

ceive the ends of the base flanges of the inner ends of the cross rails, the tread of said main rails being cut away, at 6, so that the tread of the cross rails will fit snugly against the main rail and the web of the main rails are enlarged "at this point, as shown at 7 so that the cross rails will abut tightly up against the main rails.

On the inner side of the main rails and adjacent the inner ends of the cross rails the recesses 8 are formed and adapted to re ceive the ends of the rail sections 3, the tread of said rail sections being cut away at its ends, as shown at 9, to form the aperture 10, similar apertures 11 being formed in the main rails 1. The main rails 1, the cross rails and the rail sections 3 are securely spiked to the ties 12 by means of the spikes 13. The inner ends of the cross rails and the rail sections are held rigidly in place by means of the rods 14- arranged in alinement with the rail sections 3 and having their ends disposed through the openings 15 in the main rails and then through the eyes 16 formed on the ends of the bolts 17 which are arranged transversely through the web of the inner end of thecross rails. Nuts hold the rail sections and rails rigidly in lace.

It will be seen that by having the rods 14: disposed through the eyes 16 of the bolts 17 and the nuts 18 threaded on said rods, the inner ends of the cross rails can be drawn up tightly and made to fit snugly up against the main rails thus preventing said main rails from spreading and holding the rail sections 3 in a rigid position.

While we have shown and described the preferred form of our invention, it will be obvious that various changes in the details of construction and in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying our invention into practice without sacrificing any of the-novel features or departing from the scope thereof.

Having thus described the invention, we claim:

A railway crossing comprising main rails, cross rails having their inner ends abutting against said main rails, said main rails having an enlarged portion formed thereon at the intersection of the cross rails, and recesses formed on the inner side of said main rails adjacent the inner ends of the cross 18 are threaded on the ends of said rods to,

rails, rail sections having their ends disposed in said recesses and arranged in alinemerit with the cross rails, securingrods arranged in alinement with the rail sections and having their ends disposed transversely through the main rails, bolts arranged transversely in the inner ends of the cross rails, having eyes formed at each end thereof through which the ends of said rods are adapted to pass and nuts threaded on the ends of said rods to hold said rails rigidly in place.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

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